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Hi Im not sure if this is the right place to post this, but why is it that my guppies keep dying? I have a 30litre biorb with 2 Algee shrimp, 3 red cherries, 1 danio, and 3 tetras, I did also have 3 guppies about 6 months ago but they didnt last I gave it 6 months and recently added another 2...

Brilliant thanks for all your help.

Hi I am going away on Saturday morning and will not be back until Monday afternoon, will my fish and shrimp be ok without being feed for that long? I have the following: 3 neon tetra 1 Mickey mouse platy 1 danio 2 Guppy 3 Algee shrimp 4 cherry shrimp I have 2 live plants and lots of moss. Thanks

So nothing to worry about them, you think they will stop? Does it hurt the guppies?

Hi I have a 30litre biorb, with 4 guppies, 3 tetra Neons and 1 mickey mouse platy, I also have 3 Algee shrimp and 3 baby red shrimp. I do a 30% water change about once a week as i give my fish red worm as a treat once a week and left overs always seem to get stuck in the filter sponge, I test...

Hi Recently I have bought a mickey mouse platy, since having him i have notice my guppies tails have split and also been almost half eaten, is it common for mickey mouse fish to do this? I told the fish shop that i had guppies and he didnt say not to get the mm fish. Thanks

They feed off the fish food i give to the fish and i also give them redworm once a week and also i sometimes put a slice of cucumber for them to munch off. I do have some red cherries and they have had babies, I can see 2 babies but the 2 adults have dissapeard not seen them for a couple of...

Really how old is old age to a shirmp? I have only had him 3 months not sure how long the shop had them for tho. Yes they have freshly molted.

Hi Any reason why 1 of my shirmp may have died last night? I only noticed because one of my other shrimp was pulling at him or trying to eat him. I have/had 4 Amnio shrimp who have lived very happily in my tank for about 3 months, last night one died it was strange as the others were almost...

Hi As my shrimp loved the slice of cucumber i put in the tank last week, I want to give them some more, but im not sure how oftern i should put this in my tank, the last one i put in I took out last night and was int here for 2 days, they basically ate most of it. how long should i leave it...

Apple skins really? Can you recommend any other food they like. Its great to see how they eat the cucumber and leave a great big whole. Another question about my red cherry shrimp, once they have laid thier eggs is thier a change they can lay more quite soon after or not all at once? Thanks

I put in some cucumber last night and they loved it.

They have a black stipe all the way down the middle.

Amanos are algee eating shirmp right? I have algee eating shirmp have i got Ammonos? Maybe i made a mistake wasnt sure if the baby got away quick as they are fast but it just look like the Amanos shirmp was munching on something at the same time. I have been feeding twice a day with Flake food...

Thanks nosoup4you I will try that tonight when i get in.

Hi After posting about my new baby Red Cherry Shrimp, last night i was having a good look in my tank to see if i could see any (long shot) and i did see one very tiny transparant shrimp moving around and then all of a sudden i saw one a bit bigger but had its red colour, so im thinking the ones...

I can resize in photo bucket but have no clue how to then download onto here. :/

Hi thanks for your reply I would love to see it happening so need to keep and eye out.

I probably did miss it, could she of laid some of her eggs else where? as i can see the shells of the eggs and there does not look like there is more then a few. I also think she is a very young shrimp as we have only had her about 6 weeks and she was tiny when we got her.. In out tank we have...

I have loads of rocks at the back of my tank which the red cherries seem to live in my fish cant get in there, but its weather the babies make it there before the fish eat them then :sad: Do you know roughly how many babies they would normally have? does 3 sound about right? Thanks

Hi I cant believe that last night I saw one of my cherrie shrimps lay eggs and watch the eggs hatch (if that how it works) :hyper: Heres what happened: I did think she was acting very odd the last couple of days, she was trying to find a way under the glass my filter, and yesterday her...

I have been unable to upload the photos... But will give you an update, my guppy is happily swimming around yesterday but last night she was behaving very oddly as she was stationary at the surface of the water and doing a sort of shaking, but this morning she is happily swimming around again...

Hi My guppy looks very pregnant, and is really round. She has been staying away from the fish and is staying in one part of the tank at the bottom next to some plants. My question is how long will it be before she gives birth, i know its difficult to say without a picture i have some good...

How do i know if my shrimp are female or male?

Hi really am greatful for all your replies.. :good: Last night I saw the other red shirmp poke his out of from the rocks, so at least i know he is alive, maybe he was hinding because he was shedding his shell? If they had babies would they lay the egg under the rocks? My fish cant get...

My shrimp have decided they like the open world of my tank, all 4 of my Amano shrimps are out and about on my plants and on the outside of the castle, maybe it was because they shed thier shells they hid away for a while, do they shed montly? maybe i will find around this time they will hide...

Thanks you have been really helpful, as i say all this one of my cherries is having a wonder round the tank. :fun: I think i make you right and would love to add some more cherries. Thanks again :D

My tank is a round 30l biorb tank, I have been told that shirmps do not add to stock levels and have thought about getting more but what i dont want to do is buy more and we never see them. We currently have 2 red shrimp who hide under our rocks, and 4 algee ones who all hide in the castle which...

Hi Its been 2 weeks now and my shrimp are still hinding away, I bought real plants and a moss ball and they still will not come out to play :(

Interesting. I now have 4 algee eating shrimps and 2 red ones, I have bought a moss ball and some live plants heres hoping they will venture out every now and then.

Ok thanks for telling me that as someone told me i shoudl remove the shells, lucky i didnt.

Hi Thanks for your advice, im going to get a nother couple of shrimp and some new plants. I think my fish have eaten the shrimps shells, is this normal? Thanks

Yes I do i have guppies, neon tetras, danio, platy.. thats what i was thinking I only have 1 plastic plant in there at the moment and was thinking of getting rid of it and gettings some nice real ones at the weekend. Im also a bit concerned that they are not getting any food at the fish are...

Hi I am quite new to fish keeping, and a couple of weeks ago i got, 3 algee eating shrimps and a cherry red shrimp since having these, the 3 Algee eating shrimps have hid away in a castle we have in the tank and never come out (they did shed there skins last night) and the red shrimp hides...

Hi there :) I have a 30l biorb, which i have had since Oct, I am pretty comfitable with my tank now and need to make some changes plant wise.. at the moment all I have is a plastic plant which is pretty big and this is placed behind a castle that i have in the middle of the tank. My red...

ok thanks for your advice.

So what do i do now, didnt relise the rule was for Adult, thats me being a new to this, What adults stay at 1inch? Are my fish likley to die now that it is over stocked? :no: Thanks for you help and advice ;)

Hi Sorry i ment to write Neon Tetras. I only have what i can have in a 30l... 1 inch of fish per Gallon i work that out to be 8 fish? Thanks

I have a castle in the middle and a big plastic plant behind that has loads of space. I am planning on getting another real plant as the one i had in there died. The fish i have are: 3 guppies 1 male Platy 1 female Danio 3 not sure of the sex danio tetras Thanks

No because I put the lights on around 4pm and i turn the light off around 11pm if not earlier, it seems they start to go change colour around 9pm or 10pm and when i am up in the morning at 6am they are still dark but are starting to go light again.. it really is odd, I dont think they are sick...